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The Guardian of Memory

Bruce Coville

First published May 1998
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series The Unicorn Chronicles

"In the world of Luster, the dwarf Grimwold, keeper of the Unicorn Chronicles, is summoned to tell an important tale as part of a ceremony that occurs once every 25 years. It is the story of Alma Leonetti, and her quest to discover why something sweet and precious has disappeared from old Earth." --ebook blurb, released 2012-12-27 <br> "Just shy of being a novelette, this story-within-a-story features Grimwold telling the tale of how the departure of the unicorns for Luster affected the human population of Earth ... What happens when one girl decides to do something about this sense of loss and bereavement is the heart of the story." --unicornchronicles.com, 2021-08-05

"A much shorter version of this tale appears in DARK WHISPERS, Book 3 of the Unicorn Chronicles." --ebook vendor blurb, released 2012-12-27

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1998 Cover A Glory of Unicorns Scholastic Anthology 1
February 2000 Cover A Glory of Unicorns Scholastic Anthology 1
February 2008 Cover The One Right Thing NESFA Press Collection 43
February 2008 Cover The One Right Thing NESFA Press Collection 43
December 2012 Cover The Guardian of Memory Oddly Enough Chapbook
December 2012 The Guardian of Memory Oddly Enough Chapbook
April 2017 Cover Homeward Bound: and Other Unicorn Stories Tachyon Publications Collection |3